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Published July 4, 2021, 10:48 AM
Former AOA members Kwon Mina (left) and Shin Jimin (Instagram)
Korean fans of K-pop girl group AOA broke their silence on the bullying accusations hurled by former member Kwon Mina against former leader Shin Jimin.
The AOA Gallery on the fan community DC Inside issued a statement on July 3, which marked the first year since Mina, who left AOA in 2019, posted on Instagram that she was bullied by Jimin for 10 years starting when she was a trainee until when she was in AOA.
“I really didn’t want to leave AOA, but I went through so much for the last 10 years and I had enough of her bullying. That’s why I had to give up on AOA although I was on great terms with all the other members,” Mina posted on July 3, 2020, SBS News reported. In their statement, the AOA Gallery refuted Mina’s claims that she was bullied by Jimin and said that Jimin never admitted in her apology that she bullied Mina. After Mina’s Instagram’s posts last year,